Huo-Luo-Xiao-Ling-Dan (HLXLD) comes from the famous doctor Zhang Xichun's "Intergrating Chinese and Western Medicine". The prescription has the function of promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and generating new blood, relieving swelling and pain. It is often used in the orthopedic department of Traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of swelling and pain caused by qi and blood stasis caused by trauma or internal injury. And the prescription often has the effect of "simple, convenient, cheap and effective". It has good curative effect for many orthopedic diseases such as acute lumbar sprain, lumbar disc prolapse, rheumatic lumbago, knee osteoarthritis, fractures and postoperative complications. This paper reviews the efficacy of HLXLD based on the theory of blood stasis in Chinese medicine, combined with the clinical application and experimental studies of HLXLD in recent years, in order to provide reference for the treatment of orthopedic diseases.

Yinghua Hao, Yingang Li. Clinical Application and Experimental Research Progress of Huo-Luo-Xiao-Ling-Dan in Orthopedics and Traumatology. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 9:11-16. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2022.040903.

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